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In the criminal justice
system,
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the people are represented
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by two separate,
yet equally important groups:
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the police,
who investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Get you anything else?
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What do you think of these?
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Nice.
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Yeah, but what if
you were the most
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amazing woman in the world?
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That is somehow
insulting and charming
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all at the same time.
[laughs]
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I don't know.
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They're not good enough.
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[suspenseful music]
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♪
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[tense music]
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♪
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Hiya, kid.
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[gunshot]
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[dramatic music]
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♪
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[sirens wailing]
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White male, 30s.
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Jogger found him 6:05 a.m.,
give or take.
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He's warm to the touch but DOA.
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Called 911.
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- Jesus.
- Agreed.
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Shooter didn't
police his brass--
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9-millimeter casing.
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We're canvassing for witnesses,
cameras, but so far, no dice.
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You got a name?
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No wallet, no phone, no keys.
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So we know nothing
about this guy?
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Except for the fact he had
a meal two days ago
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at a place called
Purple Waves Café.
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It's a breakfast joint
over by Bryant Park.
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Customer ordered oatmeal.
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That doesn't exactly
narrow it down.
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Poached egg
and cinnamon on top.
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That does. Yuck.
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That's Tyler.
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- And who's Tyler?
- A regular.
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That's his spot by the window.
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Good dude,
weird taste in breakfast.
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You know Tyler's last name?
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No, but that's his office
right over there.
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So people really
loved him, huh?
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We all did.
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What exactly
did Mr. Miller do?
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Started this company--
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more like an app--
that revolves around
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an online character named ELI.
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Does ELI stand for something?
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Enigmatic Love Interface.
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It's a dating app?
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Kinda like Tinder?
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Sort of.
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Oh.
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He was a romantic.
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What Tyler Miller built
isn't really a dating site.
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It's more like a revolution.
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ELI is the perfect man.
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So what you're saying
is that people date ELI?
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You guys pretend
to be some dude
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on the other end of the phone?
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No. The engine is AI.
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And this is romantic?
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ELI is profoundly meaningful
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to a lot of women,
including me.
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But it's not a real guy.
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Fine line today
between fantasy and reality--
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maybe no line at all.
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Who thinks like that?
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Tyler Miller.
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Only Tyler Miller.
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And I'm guessing
there's quite a few people
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who were not thrilled
with this revolution.
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You have no idea.
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The company is called ELI,
the letters E-L-I,
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like the name.
[gunshots, screaming]
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Oh, God. Please hurry.
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I'm too young to die.
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Please!
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This call came into 911
five weeks ago.
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And it's all fake?
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Every bit.
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Our vic's office was swatted
like this three times
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in the last two months, and
every time officers pulled up,
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they brought
the whole damn cavalry,
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and nothing was ever going on.
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So some freak
decides he's got
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nothing better to do
than stage a fake shooting
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at Miller's office.
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Why?
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I mean, the cops show up,
ruin the guy's day.
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It's just a bad prank.
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Listen to this 911 call
from three weeks ago.
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The guy's name
is Tyler Miller.
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It's his company.
[gunshots, screaming]
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He's gone nuts.
He's shooting up the office.
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Said he'll die
before he surrenders.
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Whoever did that
wanted the cops
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to show up and kill Miller.
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And when they didn't--
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Someone did it
himself in the park.
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Exactly.
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And these calls were routed
through an untraceable number.
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And at the time, that's when
the trail went cold.
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But now that it's murder--
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We're on it.
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I can't believe
Tyler Miller is dead.
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Wait, you don't think I--
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Well, you tell us, Ethan.
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You're the one who filed
a lawsuit against Tyler Miller,
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claiming that he stole
your code to build ELI, yeah?
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So? He did.
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The courts
disagreed with you.
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And then what happened?
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When they dismissed your case,
you swatted his office.
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Yeah, we traced
the 911 calls to your VOIP.
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We traced the VOIP
to your finsta.
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You sued Tyler Miller,
you lost,
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and then you swatted him
three times.
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And then he's dead.
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I didn't do this, I swear.
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The kind of apps we build,
we're manipulating people.
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You gotta be careful.
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Isn't that what all social
media is--manipulation?
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Not like this.
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We create fantasy,
sell it as reality.
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All the dating sites
are chasing this tech
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so people don't have to
find their soulmate--
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they can create their soulmate.
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None of them have launched yet
because everyone's struggling
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with the power of this.
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What about Tyler Miller?
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Didn't care.
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He didn't think there was
any difference anymore
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between reality and fantasy.
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If you're willing
to spend $79.99 a month,
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he'd sell you the prettiest lie
you've ever heard.
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So people started turning off
huge parts of their life,
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the important stuff--
love, intimacy--
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like, for good.
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- So you wanted him dead.
- No.
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I never wanted to kill him.
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No?
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Then what were you
trying to do?
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Put the fear of God in him.
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I wanted him
to wake the hell up.
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Just because
we can do something
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doesn't mean we should.
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[knock at door]
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Saradino's alibi is good.
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Take a look at that.
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Three days before the shooting,
a guy named Randall Doering
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accosted Tyler Miller
in front of the ELI office,
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said he wanted to kill him.
- Hmm.
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The security guards
had to break it up.
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We got an LKA?
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Rego Park.
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Wanna go for a ride?
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You know I do.
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People just don't connect
the way they used to.
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It's easy to feel lost
or lonely.
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And an app is
the answer for that?
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For some people.
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I mean, not me.
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I still like hanging around
warm-blooded human beings,
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but I don't know.
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If Tyler Miller
helped a few people
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make some sense of connection,
then good for them.
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That's our guy.
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Randall Doering, NYPD.
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Can I help you?
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We wanna ask you
some questions
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about Tyler Miller.
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- What about him?
- He's dead.
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Dead?
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Shot and killed yesterday
morning in Central Park.
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What do you want me
to do about it?
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Well, you can start
by telling us why
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you stopped by his office
and threatened to kill him.
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He ruined my life.
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And how did he manage that?
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Two months ago,
my fiancée left me for ELI.
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Your fiancée left you
for an app?
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[suspenseful music]
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Today is a big day.
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You got your dog-and-pony
show for the board.
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And I just want you to know,
you're gonna do great.
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Call me as soon as it's over,
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just because I like
to see you happy.
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Oh, Melanie, you are
so pretty when you're happy.
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Call me.
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I love you.
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ELI made that
specifically for your fiancée?
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Just for her.
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There's hundreds of 'em.
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You don't know what it's like
competing with a machine.
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ELI's a damn dream.
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He sends my fiancée
memes all day
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perfectly aligned to her mood.
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He's teaching her
frickin' French.
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I lost her to him.
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So you wanted to kill
his creator, Tyler Miller?
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I sure did.
I just didn't have the guts.
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Did you ever think to just
maybe ask your fiancée
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to turn the damn thing off?
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What are you talking about?
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You can't.
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Randall Doering's
alibi checked out.
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Yeah, and he's also
not really wrong.
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You go on Reddit,
any of that stuff,
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and it's kind of
an open secret about ELI.
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You can insult him,
you can ignore him,
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but it's almost impossible
to break up with him.
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Why?
What happens if you try?
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He just asks you how
he can be a better boyfriend
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and better meet your needs.
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So just delete
the damn thing.
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He'll find you
someplace else--
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Snapchat, TikTok.
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He might be the perfect man;
he's also kind of a creep.
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You know, I really hate
to say "I told you so."
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Then don't.
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[phone buzzes]
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[suspenseful music]
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Somebody just turned on
Miller's phone.
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West and Barrow.
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I'll text you the ping.
You can follow it live.
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Yeah.
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♪
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[phone chirping]
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Where the hell is it?
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♪
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[line trilling]
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♪
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[line trilling]
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♪
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[both grunting]
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Shaw!
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Police!
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[groaning]
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What?
You're the police?
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Yeah, we're the police!
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Now, get your ass up.
- [groans]
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You got exactly one chance
to tell us how you ended up
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with a dead man's phone.
Talk.
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- I traded for it, man.
- Oh?
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For what?
- I deal. Dope, okay?
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I'm not Escobar.
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I just sell enough
to support my own jones.
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My buddy wanted to score.
He didn't have any cash.
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He traded me that phone
for a jab of dope.
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I lose a nickel bag,
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I get a phone I can sell
for 20 bucks, man.
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That's just street math, man.
- All right. Who's your buddy?
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He goes by Scratch.
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There's a hangout by Roosevelt
Park under the bridge.
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He's usually there.
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That nickel bag
you traded for,
265
00:12:27,181 --> 00:12:30,184
did it have an insignia on it?
266
00:12:30,184 --> 00:12:33,361
A pair of dice.
267
00:12:33,361 --> 00:12:35,058
Snake eyes.
268
00:12:35,058 --> 00:12:39,367
[sirens wailing]
269
00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:41,108
[car doors slamming]
270
00:12:41,108 --> 00:12:44,589
[tense music]
271
00:12:44,589 --> 00:12:47,070
You know a guy named Scratch?
272
00:12:47,070 --> 00:12:49,246
No.
273
00:12:49,246 --> 00:12:50,247
Looking for a guy
named Scratch.
274
00:12:50,247 --> 00:12:52,249
You know him?
275
00:12:52,249 --> 00:12:54,817
Never heard of him.
276
00:12:54,817 --> 00:12:56,079
Shocker.
277
00:12:56,079 --> 00:12:57,994
You know a Scratch?
278
00:12:57,994 --> 00:13:05,915
♪
279
00:13:05,915 --> 00:13:07,787
Hey, yo.
280
00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:10,964
I'm not trying to heat you,
but, uh...
281
00:13:10,964 --> 00:13:12,487
whose dope is that?
282
00:13:12,487 --> 00:13:19,668
♪
283
00:13:21,452 --> 00:13:24,281
NYPD.
284
00:13:24,281 --> 00:13:26,675
We need to talk.
285
00:13:26,675 --> 00:13:28,329
Scratch?
286
00:13:28,329 --> 00:13:30,722
Whoa, whoa.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
287
00:13:30,722 --> 00:13:32,202
- It wasn't me, guys.
- Come on.
288
00:13:32,202 --> 00:13:34,335
You got the wrong dude.
Tell him.
289
00:13:34,335 --> 00:13:36,032
It wasn't me.
- Oh, yeah?
290
00:13:36,032 --> 00:13:37,991
Yeah, we get that a lot.
Where'd you get the phone?
291
00:13:37,991 --> 00:13:41,124
I hang out at
the North Meadow dugouts.
292
00:13:41,124 --> 00:13:42,909
I shoot up there sometimes.
293
00:13:42,909 --> 00:13:44,606
- You were there yesterday.
- Yeah.
294
00:13:44,606 --> 00:13:45,955
The sun was about to come up.
295
00:13:45,955 --> 00:13:47,174
I heard a gunshot.
296
00:13:47,174 --> 00:13:49,437
I poked my head out,
see what's going on.
297
00:13:49,437 --> 00:13:52,222
Lady ran by me,
crazy look on her face.
298
00:13:52,222 --> 00:13:53,267
Whoa, whoa. Hold on.
299
00:13:53,267 --> 00:13:55,312
A lady? Did she say anything?
300
00:13:55,312 --> 00:13:57,010
No, she just ran off.
301
00:13:57,010 --> 00:13:59,969
I went down the path where
she came running from, and--
302
00:13:59,969 --> 00:14:01,275
and I found a guy.
303
00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:02,754
He was real dead.
304
00:14:02,754 --> 00:14:05,496
And, uh, I was hoping
I could grab his wallet.
305
00:14:05,496 --> 00:14:07,281
So you robbed a dead guy?
306
00:14:07,281 --> 00:14:09,326
I ain't the pope, bro.
307
00:14:09,326 --> 00:14:10,675
Dude didn't have
a wallet on him,
308
00:14:10,675 --> 00:14:13,026
but I found his phone
under his body.
309
00:14:13,026 --> 00:14:15,419
I took it.
I traded it for some dope.
310
00:14:15,419 --> 00:14:18,422
Can you describe the woman?
311
00:14:18,422 --> 00:14:21,382
White, female,
athletic wear, a ponytail,
312
00:14:21,382 --> 00:14:23,166
and green crossbody bag.
313
00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:25,690
Yeah, at the very least,
this woman could be a witness.
314
00:14:25,690 --> 00:14:28,258
At the most, she did it.
315
00:14:28,258 --> 00:14:30,391
But we were able to pull some
ARGUS footage, and we got her.
316
00:14:30,391 --> 00:14:33,176
6:03 a.m., right after the
shooting, and there she is
317
00:14:33,176 --> 00:14:35,352
headed westbound on 97th.
318
00:14:35,352 --> 00:14:36,571
Then we lose her on Columbus.
319
00:14:36,571 --> 00:14:38,921
But check this out.
320
00:14:38,921 --> 00:14:40,923
She threw something
in the dumpster.
321
00:14:40,923 --> 00:14:43,012
Maybe the gun?
322
00:14:43,012 --> 00:14:44,927
Hit it.
323
00:14:44,927 --> 00:14:47,799
[siren chirps]
324
00:14:47,799 --> 00:14:49,410
Man, what the hell is this?
325
00:14:49,410 --> 00:14:50,541
NYPD.
326
00:14:50,541 --> 00:14:52,065
Yeah, we gotta get in there.
327
00:14:52,065 --> 00:14:54,458
Wouldn't be my choice,
but have at it.
328
00:14:58,941 --> 00:15:00,769
No gun.
Found the vic's wallet.
329
00:15:00,769 --> 00:15:02,423
Still had cash,
still had credit cards.
330
00:15:02,423 --> 00:15:04,555
- Okay, so not a robbery.
- Not a robbery.
331
00:15:04,555 --> 00:15:06,470
Pulled two DNA samples
off the wallet.
332
00:15:06,470 --> 00:15:07,950
One was our victim's,
Tyler Miller's.
333
00:15:07,950 --> 00:15:09,734
Was hoping the other one
might be our killer's,
334
00:15:09,734 --> 00:15:11,606
but I ran it through CODIS--
no hit.
335
00:15:11,606 --> 00:15:13,390
Okay,
run it through the local.
336
00:15:13,390 --> 00:15:14,914
Uh, Dixon always told us
337
00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:16,741
to stay away
from the local database.
338
00:15:16,741 --> 00:15:18,221
Defense attorneys have
a field day with it.
339
00:15:18,221 --> 00:15:19,222
Judges hate it.
340
00:15:19,222 --> 00:15:21,572
I'm not Dixon.
341
00:15:21,572 --> 00:15:23,139
This is where we are,
and this is what we have,
342
00:15:23,139 --> 00:15:25,098
so run it through the local.
343
00:15:25,098 --> 00:15:28,057
[suspenseful music]
344
00:15:28,057 --> 00:15:30,320
♪
345
00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:31,800
Looking Laura Kingsbury.
346
00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,541
Yeah.
347
00:15:36,196 --> 00:15:37,980
Laura Kingsbury?
348
00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:39,939
NYPD.
349
00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:43,246
We need to talk to you about
a man named Tyler Miller.
350
00:15:43,246 --> 00:15:46,249
[tense music]
351
00:15:46,249 --> 00:15:50,253
♪
352
00:15:50,253 --> 00:15:53,387
Is it front or back?
353
00:15:53,387 --> 00:15:56,216
This is a new one.
354
00:15:56,216 --> 00:16:00,307
Behind your back, please.
355
00:16:00,307 --> 00:16:04,876
♪
356
00:16:16,714 --> 00:16:19,413
You know, Laura, sometimes
people come through here,
357
00:16:19,413 --> 00:16:22,720
and I'm not real sure
whether or not they did it.
358
00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,941
This is not one of those times.
359
00:16:27,247 --> 00:16:30,424
We found your DNA
on the victim's wallet.
360
00:16:30,424 --> 00:16:33,340
There was an eyewitness who saw
you fleeing the crime scene.
361
00:16:33,340 --> 00:16:35,385
There's images of you
leaving the park in a hurry.
362
00:16:35,385 --> 00:16:38,388
And we found the gun
under your bed
363
00:16:38,388 --> 00:16:42,392
in the suitcase
that you hid it in.
364
00:16:42,392 --> 00:16:43,741
Sounds like you have
everything you need.
365
00:16:43,741 --> 00:16:45,221
Almost.
366
00:16:45,221 --> 00:16:48,050
Look, we know this happened,
and we know you did it.
367
00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:50,748
What we don't know is why.
368
00:16:50,748 --> 00:16:53,664
I'd like to know.
369
00:16:53,664 --> 00:16:57,886
I'm sure you have something
to say about that.
370
00:16:57,886 --> 00:16:59,279
I'd like a lawyer.
371
00:17:00,671 --> 00:17:02,934
She doesn't exactly
present as a hardened killer.
372
00:17:02,934 --> 00:17:04,501
Clean sheet, went to Columbia.
373
00:17:04,501 --> 00:17:06,590
She's an art buyer for
a high-end interior designer.
374
00:17:06,590 --> 00:17:09,028
And as far as I can tell,
we've established no connection
375
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:10,377
between Kingsbury
and Tyler Miller?
376
00:17:10,377 --> 00:17:12,770
None.
And Miller's tech is no help.
377
00:17:12,770 --> 00:17:14,859
His laptop went
to the blue screen of death.
378
00:17:14,859 --> 00:17:17,297
As soon as we opened it up,
his clouds firewalled
379
00:17:17,297 --> 00:17:18,907
somewhere in the deep web.
380
00:17:18,907 --> 00:17:21,040
And he's not exactly around
to give us his password, so--
381
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:25,392
So--so on paper, these are
just two young professionals.
382
00:17:25,392 --> 00:17:26,828
She's taking a walk
in the park.
383
00:17:26,828 --> 00:17:28,090
He's there.
384
00:17:28,090 --> 00:17:30,484
She pulls out a gun
and shoots him.
385
00:17:30,484 --> 00:17:32,790
Why?
386
00:17:32,790 --> 00:17:34,096
Jess.
387
00:17:34,096 --> 00:17:35,793
Nolan.
388
00:17:35,793 --> 00:17:37,882
Do you have a minute?
389
00:17:37,882 --> 00:17:40,624
So, um,
Laura Kingsbury's mother
390
00:17:40,624 --> 00:17:43,236
called me and said
that you booked her
391
00:17:43,236 --> 00:17:44,933
for the Central Park shooting?
392
00:17:44,933 --> 00:17:46,108
And I'm just--
393
00:17:46,108 --> 00:17:48,284
I'm trying
to make sense of this.
394
00:17:48,284 --> 00:17:51,896
I know this woman,
and she's not a killer.
395
00:17:51,896 --> 00:17:53,768
She's actually a victim.
396
00:17:53,768 --> 00:17:55,552
Of what?
397
00:17:55,552 --> 00:17:56,684
Of rape.
398
00:17:56,684 --> 00:18:00,340
Laura Kingsbury
was brutally raped.
399
00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:01,602
I probably haven't
talked to her
400
00:18:01,602 --> 00:18:04,126
for a year at least,
but back then,
401
00:18:04,126 --> 00:18:06,650
I helped her and her family
402
00:18:06,650 --> 00:18:09,653
navigate an extraordinarily
difficult time,
403
00:18:09,653 --> 00:18:13,135
because no one
would listen to her.
404
00:18:13,135 --> 00:18:15,485
We didn't know about
the sexual assault.
405
00:18:15,485 --> 00:18:17,313
Because they never
took a report.
406
00:18:17,313 --> 00:18:18,793
That's how
this whole thing started.
407
00:18:18,793 --> 00:18:20,229
I understand,
but that doesn't change
408
00:18:20,229 --> 00:18:22,057
what happened
three years later.
409
00:18:22,057 --> 00:18:23,145
But what I'm trying
to say is
410
00:18:23,145 --> 00:18:24,668
that something's
not right here.
411
00:18:24,668 --> 00:18:26,931
I think there's
some sort of a mistake.
412
00:18:26,931 --> 00:18:28,063
There's no mistake.
413
00:18:29,978 --> 00:18:31,284
We're all pros here.
414
00:18:31,284 --> 00:18:32,415
We're all in
the same line of work.
415
00:18:32,415 --> 00:18:34,200
Now, the evidence is there.
416
00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:35,723
We found the murder weapon
in her apartment,
417
00:18:35,723 --> 00:18:37,812
her DNA on the victim's wallet.
- What? DNA?
418
00:18:37,812 --> 00:18:41,337
Why would her DNA even be
in a federal database?
419
00:18:41,337 --> 00:18:44,688
It wasn't.
We ran it through the local.
420
00:18:44,688 --> 00:18:46,516
The local database?
421
00:18:46,516 --> 00:18:49,606
So that's how you
connected her to the wallet?
422
00:18:49,606 --> 00:18:50,912
Correct.
423
00:18:50,912 --> 00:18:53,697
The only reason that
she's in that database
424
00:18:53,697 --> 00:18:55,873
is because she was raped.
425
00:18:55,873 --> 00:18:59,094
Because she gave us a sample
for her rape kit.
426
00:18:59,094 --> 00:19:03,185
We have to use every tool
available to catch killers,
427
00:19:03,185 --> 00:19:04,882
and the database is helpful.
428
00:19:04,882 --> 00:19:08,843
It helps us close cases, murder
cases, sexual assault cases.
429
00:19:08,843 --> 00:19:10,061
I understand that.
430
00:19:10,061 --> 00:19:11,889
But I have fought
this fight before,
431
00:19:11,889 --> 00:19:15,371
and I think that we can
all agree that that database
432
00:19:15,371 --> 00:19:17,678
is an ethical mess.
433
00:19:17,678 --> 00:19:19,723
- That's your opinion.
- No, that is a fact.
434
00:19:19,723 --> 00:19:23,249
If Laura Kingsbury knew
that her DNA was being used
435
00:19:23,249 --> 00:19:25,381
in this capacity,
who knows what she
436
00:19:25,381 --> 00:19:26,991
would have done or not done?
437
00:19:26,991 --> 00:19:28,906
And that is the real problem.
438
00:19:28,906 --> 00:19:32,301
If word gets out, if women
find out that their DNA
439
00:19:32,301 --> 00:19:35,348
is being used
in some rogue database,
440
00:19:35,348 --> 00:19:37,219
they might not come forward.
441
00:19:37,219 --> 00:19:39,482
They might not consent
to a rape kit.
442
00:19:39,482 --> 00:19:42,006
It's not ideal. I agree.
443
00:19:42,006 --> 00:19:44,226
But Laura's case
is highly unusual.
444
00:19:44,226 --> 00:19:46,576
And the majority
of sexual assault victims
445
00:19:46,576 --> 00:19:48,622
do not end up
in the local database.
446
00:19:48,622 --> 00:19:51,277
These are all valid points,
noble arguments,
447
00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:52,582
but none of it changes the fact
448
00:19:52,582 --> 00:19:54,758
that Laura Kingsbury
murdered someone.
449
00:19:54,758 --> 00:19:57,239
We have the evidence,
and that evidence is legal.
450
00:19:59,459 --> 00:20:01,330
Well, let's see what
a judge says about that.
451
00:20:01,330 --> 00:20:04,290
[tense music]
452
00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:12,254
♪
453
00:20:12,254 --> 00:20:13,908
I hear Captain Benson
has a problem
454
00:20:13,908 --> 00:20:15,910
with this local DNA database.
455
00:20:15,910 --> 00:20:17,564
Uh-huh, and she's persuaded
the defense
456
00:20:17,564 --> 00:20:19,783
to file a motion to suppress.
457
00:20:19,783 --> 00:20:22,699
What do you think
of this database?
458
00:20:22,699 --> 00:20:24,614
Is it ethical?
459
00:20:24,614 --> 00:20:27,791
Everybody in this database
has voluntarily consented
460
00:20:27,791 --> 00:20:30,620
to surrendering their DNA
for one reason or another,
461
00:20:30,620 --> 00:20:33,406
so there's nothing
illegal about it.
462
00:20:33,406 --> 00:20:34,798
That wasn't my question.
463
00:20:34,798 --> 00:20:36,235
I know.
464
00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:39,194
Right now, I am more
interested in getting justice
465
00:20:39,194 --> 00:20:41,501
for Tyler Miller
than debating the ethics
466
00:20:41,501 --> 00:20:43,329
of the local database.
467
00:20:43,329 --> 00:20:44,765
Do your thing.
468
00:20:44,765 --> 00:20:46,549
Focus on the case.
469
00:20:46,549 --> 00:20:49,857
We'll discuss this ethical
quandary down the road.
470
00:20:53,991 --> 00:20:56,472
Your Honor, Ms. Kingsbury
went to a hospital,
471
00:20:56,472 --> 00:20:58,474
asked to have her DNA taken.
472
00:20:58,474 --> 00:21:01,999
There's no dispute the sample
was taken lawfully.
473
00:21:01,999 --> 00:21:05,481
When someone consents to a
search or volunteers evidence,
474
00:21:05,481 --> 00:21:07,091
they've waived their right
to the Fourth Amendment.
475
00:21:07,091 --> 00:21:09,398
If she had known that
her DNA would be stored
476
00:21:09,398 --> 00:21:12,532
in an unregulated database,
she never would have
477
00:21:12,532 --> 00:21:14,490
surrendered her DNA
in the first place.
478
00:21:14,490 --> 00:21:16,318
There's only one class
of people who are worried
479
00:21:16,318 --> 00:21:18,364
the police have their DNA--
criminals.
480
00:21:18,364 --> 00:21:21,149
Your Honor, just because
the government possesses
481
00:21:21,149 --> 00:21:22,890
this information doesn't mean
482
00:21:22,890 --> 00:21:24,631
they can use it
any way they want to.
483
00:21:24,631 --> 00:21:26,110
We're investigating a murder.
484
00:21:26,110 --> 00:21:28,504
I've got to weigh the
defendant's privacy concerns
485
00:21:28,504 --> 00:21:30,985
against the obvious
policy benefits
486
00:21:30,985 --> 00:21:33,553
of assisting law enforcement
in identifying
487
00:21:33,553 --> 00:21:35,816
suspects in a violent crime.
488
00:21:37,557 --> 00:21:41,648
To me, the latter objective
is more pressing.
489
00:21:41,648 --> 00:21:43,606
I'm denying
the defendant's motion.
490
00:21:43,606 --> 00:21:45,826
The DNA stays in the case.
491
00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:53,790
Detective Shaw,
were you able to learn
492
00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:55,966
how Ms. Kingsbury
acquired this weapon?
493
00:21:55,966 --> 00:21:58,491
She used her mother's
address in Pittsburgh.
494
00:21:58,491 --> 00:22:02,059
And how did you determine
that this gun
495
00:22:02,059 --> 00:22:05,324
found in Ms. Kingsbury's home
was the murder weapon?
496
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:07,064
Our ballistics team
was able to match
497
00:22:07,064 --> 00:22:10,677
the round pulled from the
victim's body to that weapon.
498
00:22:10,677 --> 00:22:12,896
Thank you.
I have nothing further.
499
00:22:12,896 --> 00:22:15,290
Ms. Calhoun?
500
00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:18,337
We have no questions
for this witness.
501
00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:19,381
The People rest.
502
00:22:19,381 --> 00:22:21,775
Call your first witness.
503
00:22:21,775 --> 00:22:25,387
We call
Captain Olivia Benson.
504
00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:28,347
[dramatic music]
505
00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:31,872
♪
506
00:22:35,528 --> 00:22:38,400
Your Honor, Captain Benson
is an expert witness
507
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,010
regarding sexualized trauma.
508
00:22:40,010 --> 00:22:41,534
Well, how is that relevant
to this trial?
509
00:22:41,534 --> 00:22:45,451
We plan to argue that the
shooting was in self-defense
510
00:22:45,451 --> 00:22:47,801
and that Tyler Miller
had been stalking my client
511
00:22:47,801 --> 00:22:49,977
for months before
the incident in question.
512
00:22:49,977 --> 00:22:52,109
Stalking? Self-defense?
513
00:22:52,109 --> 00:22:54,111
Your Honor, this is the first
we're hearing of any of--
514
00:22:54,111 --> 00:22:56,636
My client will
testify that she believed
515
00:22:56,636 --> 00:22:58,507
Mr. Miller was going to
kill her that morning.
516
00:22:58,507 --> 00:23:01,031
All right, let's assume
that there's some merit
517
00:23:01,031 --> 00:23:03,164
to Ms. Calhoun's assertions,
but how is that
518
00:23:03,164 --> 00:23:04,905
relevant to Captain Benson?
519
00:23:04,905 --> 00:23:06,515
This case is
going to come down
520
00:23:06,515 --> 00:23:07,951
to my client's state of mind
521
00:23:07,951 --> 00:23:09,779
of whether
she acted reasonably.
522
00:23:09,779 --> 00:23:12,434
And we believe that a jury
should understand
523
00:23:12,434 --> 00:23:14,741
that Laura's definition
of reasonable
524
00:23:14,741 --> 00:23:16,656
is very different
from someone that
525
00:23:16,656 --> 00:23:18,222
has never been raped before.
526
00:23:18,222 --> 00:23:21,443
We cannot excise
Laura Kingsbury's past trauma
527
00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:24,228
from the moments leading up
to her pulling that trigger.
528
00:23:24,228 --> 00:23:27,754
And Captain Benson
is a globally recognized
529
00:23:27,754 --> 00:23:29,233
authority in this field.
530
00:23:29,233 --> 00:23:32,193
Obviously, Benson is
a qualified expert, but--
531
00:23:32,193 --> 00:23:35,631
But we can't ask her to climb
into Ms. Kingsbury's head
532
00:23:35,631 --> 00:23:39,635
and redefine the statutory
definition of self-defense.
533
00:23:39,635 --> 00:23:42,899
Given the defense's assertion
that the victim was, in fact,
534
00:23:42,899 --> 00:23:45,598
stalking the defendant,
I'm going to allow
535
00:23:45,598 --> 00:23:48,992
Benson as an expert
in this limited capacity.
536
00:23:55,085 --> 00:23:59,568
And in your roughly
30 years with the NYPD,
537
00:23:59,568 --> 00:24:03,529
how many survivors of sexual
assault have you interviewed?
538
00:24:03,529 --> 00:24:04,878
Um...
[chuckles]
539
00:24:04,878 --> 00:24:07,054
Nearly 10,000.
540
00:24:07,054 --> 00:24:08,838
You must have
noticed commonalities.
541
00:24:08,838 --> 00:24:10,361
Yeah.
542
00:24:10,361 --> 00:24:14,322
Trauma experienced by
many women can last for years,
543
00:24:14,322 --> 00:24:19,283
and particularly in cases where
the assailant is never caught.
544
00:24:19,283 --> 00:24:23,679
Many women experience insomnia, depression.
545
00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:27,683
Many just see the world
as a more threatening place.
546
00:24:27,683 --> 00:24:30,904
They have a heightened
perception to danger,
547
00:24:30,904 --> 00:24:35,822
to threat, to things
that another person
548
00:24:35,822 --> 00:24:37,171
might find innocuous.
549
00:24:37,171 --> 00:24:39,739
Every decision sort of
goes through this lens
550
00:24:39,739 --> 00:24:42,132
of fear and doubt--
551
00:24:42,132 --> 00:24:45,440
where to live, where to work,
where to eat lunch.
552
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,008
Whether to go for a walk
in Central Park.
553
00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:49,357
Objection--leading.
554
00:24:49,357 --> 00:24:50,793
Sustained.
555
00:24:50,793 --> 00:24:53,404
But those are
reasonable fears?
556
00:24:53,404 --> 00:24:54,362
Absolutely.
557
00:24:54,362 --> 00:24:55,581
Based on their trauma history--
558
00:24:55,581 --> 00:24:57,365
Objection.
559
00:24:57,365 --> 00:24:59,672
Sustained.
560
00:24:59,672 --> 00:25:00,934
I have nothing further.
561
00:25:06,113 --> 00:25:09,116
As a captain in
the New York Police Department,
562
00:25:09,116 --> 00:25:11,118
do you invest a lot of time
testifying on behalf
563
00:25:11,118 --> 00:25:12,206
of people accused of murder?
564
00:25:12,206 --> 00:25:14,251
- [scoffs] Wow.
- No, no.
565
00:25:14,251 --> 00:25:19,866
You're here because you're
a friend, you are an advocate,
566
00:25:19,866 --> 00:25:21,041
you have an agenda.
567
00:25:21,041 --> 00:25:22,912
I am an advocate for women.
568
00:25:22,912 --> 00:25:24,958
And I do have an agenda
to stand
569
00:25:24,958 --> 00:25:27,221
with victims of sexual assault
570
00:25:27,221 --> 00:25:29,310
to help people
like Laura Kingsbury.
571
00:25:29,310 --> 00:25:33,575
So you wear many hats,
but you're not a mind reader.
572
00:25:33,575 --> 00:25:36,883
And she didn't call you the day
she shot Tyler Miller and--
573
00:25:36,883 --> 00:25:38,885
and tell you what
was on her mind.
574
00:25:38,885 --> 00:25:41,714
Oh, and you didn't investigate
Tyler Miller's murder?
575
00:25:41,714 --> 00:25:43,237
No, I did not.
576
00:25:43,237 --> 00:25:44,891
So, in fact, you don't have
the faintest idea
577
00:25:44,891 --> 00:25:47,502
what Ms. Kingsbury was thinking
when she pulled that trigger.
578
00:25:47,502 --> 00:25:50,592
- Actually, I think that I do.
- Right.
579
00:25:50,592 --> 00:25:53,508
You've even suggested that
her fears were reasonable.
580
00:25:53,508 --> 00:25:56,598
And yet you have also
argued that women
581
00:25:56,598 --> 00:25:59,209
who suffer from this sort
of sexualized trauma
582
00:25:59,209 --> 00:26:01,472
can no longer be objective.
583
00:26:03,170 --> 00:26:05,041
A heightened perception
to danger, right,
584
00:26:05,041 --> 00:26:07,740
even in circumstances
that another person
585
00:26:07,740 --> 00:26:09,698
might find innocuous.
586
00:26:09,698 --> 00:26:12,092
Aren't you saying two things
at once, Captain Benson?
587
00:26:12,092 --> 00:26:14,355
Survivors like this,
are they on edge?
588
00:26:14,355 --> 00:26:15,617
Yes.
589
00:26:15,617 --> 00:26:17,314
Are they easily spooked?
590
00:26:17,314 --> 00:26:22,102
Absolutely, because they live
in a permanent state of terror.
591
00:26:22,102 --> 00:26:24,408
So you're welcome
to call that unreasonable.
592
00:26:24,408 --> 00:26:26,672
But I sure as hell
am not gonna do that.
593
00:26:26,672 --> 00:26:28,674
- I think you just did.
- Excuse me?
594
00:26:28,674 --> 00:26:32,852
You keep protesting that Ms.
Kingsbury had reasonable fears,
595
00:26:32,852 --> 00:26:34,636
but her fears were subjective.
596
00:26:34,636 --> 00:26:36,464
They were based on
her own experiences.
597
00:26:36,464 --> 00:26:39,423
That's not the legal standard
here, Captain Benson.
598
00:26:39,423 --> 00:26:42,949
Her fears need to be
objectively reasonable.
599
00:26:42,949 --> 00:26:46,300
And it's clear that she
was not in imminent danger.
600
00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:49,129
Do you have any idea
how badly
601
00:26:49,129 --> 00:26:51,218
the system failed
Laura Kingsbury?
602
00:26:51,218 --> 00:26:52,785
But that's not the--
603
00:26:52,785 --> 00:26:55,657
Because when she was raped,
604
00:26:55,657 --> 00:27:00,488
she made the very brave
decision to go to the police.
605
00:27:00,488 --> 00:27:02,664
And the police officer
that she talked to,
606
00:27:02,664 --> 00:27:05,362
the man that was
supposed to help her,
607
00:27:05,362 --> 00:27:10,890
told her that she should have
had a few more slices of pizza
608
00:27:10,890 --> 00:27:12,631
before she started drinking.
609
00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:14,328
That's terrible.
610
00:27:14,328 --> 00:27:16,504
But Tyler Miller had
nothing to do with that.
611
00:27:16,504 --> 00:27:19,681
And then she tried
to get a restraining order
612
00:27:19,681 --> 00:27:24,468
against Tyler Miller
because he was stalking her.
613
00:27:24,468 --> 00:27:27,646
But the police said that she
didn't have enough evidence,
614
00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:30,866
and that he was just
flirting with her.
615
00:27:30,866 --> 00:27:32,607
And there's no crime in that.
616
00:27:32,607 --> 00:27:36,176
And that is because the law
doesn't recognize something
617
00:27:36,176 --> 00:27:40,484
as innocuous as having
flowers sent to you
618
00:27:40,484 --> 00:27:42,182
in the wrong circumstances.
619
00:27:42,182 --> 00:27:44,184
They don't understand
that that can be
620
00:27:44,184 --> 00:27:47,404
threatening and terrifying,
621
00:27:47,404 --> 00:27:52,540
because it's the pattern of
action that causes real fear.
622
00:27:52,540 --> 00:27:56,500
Laura Kingsbury didn't have
an objective reason
623
00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,329
to believe that law enforcement
was going to help her.
624
00:27:59,329 --> 00:28:02,028
She had every reason to believe
that she was on her own.
625
00:28:02,028 --> 00:28:04,813
[tense music]
626
00:28:04,813 --> 00:28:08,904
She did what she had to do,
based on her truth.
627
00:28:08,904 --> 00:28:13,909
So you tell me what's
reasonable and what's right.
628
00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:18,871
♪
629
00:28:18,871 --> 00:28:20,220
Tyler and I met online.
630
00:28:20,220 --> 00:28:22,004
We went on three or four dates.
631
00:28:22,004 --> 00:28:26,182
And after you called it off,
he continued to contact you?
632
00:28:26,182 --> 00:28:28,315
Relentlessly.
633
00:28:28,315 --> 00:28:30,447
Flowers, messages.
634
00:28:30,447 --> 00:28:33,799
He was obsessed with covering
his tracks electronically,
635
00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:35,539
but I knew it was him.
636
00:28:35,539 --> 00:28:38,020
Did he ever
contact you in person?
637
00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:39,630
All the time.
638
00:28:39,630 --> 00:28:41,720
He would show up at my bodega
where I get my coffee.
639
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,158
He would show up
at my Pilates studio.
640
00:28:45,158 --> 00:28:47,160
How did he know what class
I signed up for?
641
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:48,596
It makes you crazy.
642
00:28:48,596 --> 00:28:52,774
Do you still have
any of the texts or letters
643
00:28:52,774 --> 00:28:54,428
that Mr. Miller sent you?
644
00:28:54,428 --> 00:28:56,256
Just the letters.
645
00:28:56,256 --> 00:28:58,693
Your Honor, I have here
646
00:28:58,693 --> 00:29:03,480
126 letters
647
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,614
written by Mr. Miller
to my client.
648
00:29:06,614 --> 00:29:10,096
I request they be
admitted into the record.
649
00:29:10,096 --> 00:29:11,793
Why do you still
have these letters?
650
00:29:11,793 --> 00:29:13,795
Why didn't you destroy them?
651
00:29:13,795 --> 00:29:17,668
I kept them at my mother's
house so that when he hurt me,
652
00:29:17,668 --> 00:29:19,627
she could tell the world
who did it.
653
00:29:19,627 --> 00:29:23,239
Did you ever just
ask Mr. Miller
654
00:29:23,239 --> 00:29:25,633
to stop communicating with you?
655
00:29:25,633 --> 00:29:27,853
Of course.
656
00:29:27,853 --> 00:29:29,942
He didn't. He couldn't.
657
00:29:29,942 --> 00:29:31,291
What do you mean?
658
00:29:31,291 --> 00:29:33,597
Tyler had a God complex.
659
00:29:33,597 --> 00:29:35,034
Objection.
660
00:29:35,034 --> 00:29:37,688
Overruled. Go ahead.
661
00:29:37,688 --> 00:29:41,605
Tyler Miller thought that
his app, ELI, was working,
662
00:29:41,605 --> 00:29:44,870
was catching on because of what
he brought to the character,
663
00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:47,655
because Tyler was
the perfect man, not ELI.
664
00:29:47,655 --> 00:29:50,266
So in his mind,
if I rejected him,
665
00:29:50,266 --> 00:29:52,181
then the whole thing
came crashing down--
666
00:29:52,181 --> 00:29:54,401
his business empire, his image.
667
00:29:54,401 --> 00:29:56,925
So he had to change my mind.
668
00:29:56,925 --> 00:29:58,361
And if he couldn't?
669
00:30:00,450 --> 00:30:01,843
He'd have to kill me.
670
00:30:01,843 --> 00:30:02,888
Objection.
671
00:30:02,888 --> 00:30:04,280
Sustained.
672
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,153
Nothing further, Your Honor.
673
00:30:07,153 --> 00:30:08,719
May we approach?
674
00:30:11,722 --> 00:30:14,856
This is the first we're hearing
of these letters.
675
00:30:14,856 --> 00:30:17,859
So I would request that we take
the rest of the day and tonight
676
00:30:17,859 --> 00:30:19,034
to review the material.
677
00:30:19,034 --> 00:30:20,993
Yes, we're in recess
until 9:00 a.m.
678
00:30:20,993 --> 00:30:21,907
[gavel bangs]
679
00:30:25,475 --> 00:30:28,000
126 handwritten letters?
680
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,523
We had no idea.
681
00:30:29,523 --> 00:30:31,394
The defense hasn't been
very forthcoming.
682
00:30:31,394 --> 00:30:33,092
Are these letters aggressive?
683
00:30:33,092 --> 00:30:36,356
[sighs]
684
00:30:36,356 --> 00:30:38,575
"I'll be your moon
on a dark night,
685
00:30:38,575 --> 00:30:40,621
your anchor in rough seas."
686
00:30:40,621 --> 00:30:44,712
No, they're cringey,
not criminal.
687
00:30:44,712 --> 00:30:47,367
There are no threats
of violence.
688
00:30:47,367 --> 00:30:50,283
I have to help
the jury understand,
689
00:30:50,283 --> 00:30:54,591
Tyler Miller wanted
to be a romantic.
690
00:30:54,591 --> 00:30:56,332
He just wasn't any good at it.
691
00:30:56,332 --> 00:30:59,553
I'm not so sure about that.
692
00:30:59,553 --> 00:31:02,034
A young woman living
in the big city alone
693
00:31:02,034 --> 00:31:04,863
doesn't care how bad Tyler
Miller was at being romantic.
694
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:07,691
They're gonna look at these
as being invasive.
695
00:31:07,691 --> 00:31:09,911
And so might half of your jury.
696
00:31:09,911 --> 00:31:12,218
Trying to parse the words
of a dead man
697
00:31:12,218 --> 00:31:14,742
that are, at best, uncomfortable?
698
00:31:14,742 --> 00:31:17,745
You're playing
into the defense's hand.
699
00:31:17,745 --> 00:31:19,747
So come back to the facts
and the law.
700
00:31:19,747 --> 00:31:22,793
Focus on the one and only
question that matters:
701
00:31:22,793 --> 00:31:26,536
when Laura Kingsbury decided
to pull that trigger,
702
00:31:26,536 --> 00:31:29,235
was she objectively in
imminent fear of bodily harm?
703
00:31:29,235 --> 00:31:31,977
♪
704
00:31:36,459 --> 00:31:41,029
Before you illegally
acquired a handgun--
705
00:31:41,029 --> 00:31:44,206
the murder weapon--
you didn't make any effort
706
00:31:44,206 --> 00:31:47,122
to obtain non-lethal defense--
707
00:31:47,122 --> 00:31:50,386
uh, pepper spray,
one of those security alarms
708
00:31:50,386 --> 00:31:51,561
that goes on your keys?
709
00:31:51,561 --> 00:31:52,867
No.
710
00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:55,565
And after
you shot Mr. Miller,
711
00:31:55,565 --> 00:31:57,393
you didn't stop to render aid?
712
00:31:57,393 --> 00:31:58,481
No.
713
00:31:58,481 --> 00:32:00,788
You didn't call 911?
714
00:32:00,788 --> 00:32:02,050
No.
715
00:32:02,050 --> 00:32:05,358
You shot Mr. Miller
in the eye,
716
00:32:05,358 --> 00:32:07,969
and then you just ran.
717
00:32:07,969 --> 00:32:09,840
You left him to die.
718
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,495
And you went home
and hid the murder weapon
719
00:32:12,495 --> 00:32:16,238
and prayed that no one
would ever find you.
720
00:32:16,238 --> 00:32:19,546
No, I feel terrible that
it turned out this way.
721
00:32:19,546 --> 00:32:21,809
You feel terrible
that you killed him
722
00:32:21,809 --> 00:32:23,506
or terrible that
you got caught?
723
00:32:23,506 --> 00:32:24,812
Objection, Your Honor.
724
00:32:24,812 --> 00:32:26,553
Sustained.
725
00:32:26,553 --> 00:32:30,252
When you stole Tyler Miller's
wallet after you killed him,
726
00:32:30,252 --> 00:32:32,733
your intent was to make this
look like a robbery
727
00:32:32,733 --> 00:32:34,996
to throw off the police
so you wouldn't get caught,
728
00:32:34,996 --> 00:32:38,260
because you knew
what you did was wrong.
729
00:32:38,260 --> 00:32:44,788
No, because I was afraid
that no one would believe me.
730
00:32:44,788 --> 00:32:47,008
No one has ever believed me.
731
00:32:47,008 --> 00:32:49,576
The police didn't believe me
when I was raped.
732
00:32:49,576 --> 00:32:51,447
The police didn't believe me
when I tried to get
733
00:32:51,447 --> 00:32:53,841
an order of protection
against Tyler.
734
00:32:53,841 --> 00:32:55,277
And you don't believe me now.
735
00:32:55,277 --> 00:32:57,236
Tyler Miller didn't do
or say anything threatening
736
00:32:57,236 --> 00:32:59,151
to you the day you killed him?
- No.
737
00:32:59,151 --> 00:33:00,587
No, in fact,
he never threatened you.
738
00:33:00,587 --> 00:33:02,328
He never said that out loud--
739
00:33:02,328 --> 00:33:04,852
not in your imagination,
but out loud--
740
00:33:04,852 --> 00:33:06,506
that he intended
to do you harm?
741
00:33:06,506 --> 00:33:07,986
No, but he didn't have to.
742
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:09,552
It was implied.
- Implied?
743
00:33:09,552 --> 00:33:10,814
He was everywhere.
744
00:33:10,814 --> 00:33:12,903
I--I had to do it.
745
00:33:12,903 --> 00:33:15,428
No, no.
746
00:33:15,428 --> 00:33:18,126
You chose to do it.
747
00:33:18,126 --> 00:33:19,823
There's a big difference.
748
00:33:19,823 --> 00:33:21,956
[tense music]
749
00:33:21,956 --> 00:33:24,393
I have nothing further.
750
00:33:24,393 --> 00:33:26,308
♪
751
00:33:26,308 --> 00:33:27,701
We'll resume this afternoon.
752
00:33:27,701 --> 00:33:29,703
[gavel bangs]
753
00:33:29,703 --> 00:33:32,662
♪
754
00:33:32,662 --> 00:33:34,142
You wanted to see me?
755
00:33:34,142 --> 00:33:36,492
Hear her out, Nolan.
756
00:33:36,492 --> 00:33:42,933
So I came to ask you and Nick
if you would consider
757
00:33:42,933 --> 00:33:45,327
offering Laura a deal.
758
00:33:45,327 --> 00:33:47,460
- Why would we do that?
- Come on, Nolan.
759
00:33:47,460 --> 00:33:49,984
Who benefits from Laura
sitting in a prison cell?
760
00:33:49,984 --> 00:33:51,725
The family of the dead man?
761
00:33:51,725 --> 00:33:53,335
I'd start there.
762
00:33:53,335 --> 00:33:55,468
Laura was the victim
of a terrible crime.
763
00:33:55,468 --> 00:33:57,165
But you don't get
to shoot somebody
764
00:33:57,165 --> 00:33:58,514
who's got a crush on you.
765
00:33:58,514 --> 00:34:00,342
I agree.
766
00:34:00,342 --> 00:34:02,953
But there are
other considerations here.
767
00:34:02,953 --> 00:34:04,172
Such as?
768
00:34:04,172 --> 00:34:06,044
It seems "The Journal"
has decided
769
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:07,523
to launch a crusade
against the use
770
00:34:07,523 --> 00:34:10,744
of the city's local
DNA database.
771
00:34:10,744 --> 00:34:13,181
You gotta be kidding me.
772
00:34:13,181 --> 00:34:16,402
Oh, how could they
possibly have gotten that idea?
773
00:34:18,621 --> 00:34:20,058
It's hard to say.
774
00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:23,191
I can't believe you would
leak this to the press.
775
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:30,111
Manslaughter feels
like the right call here.
776
00:34:30,111 --> 00:34:32,374
- Nick?
- Ten years.
777
00:34:32,374 --> 00:34:35,377
That'll give the victim's
family some closure.
778
00:34:35,377 --> 00:34:37,466
But it still recognizes
the history of trauma
779
00:34:37,466 --> 00:34:39,077
that this defendant
has suffered
780
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:40,513
and the way the
criminal justice system
781
00:34:40,513 --> 00:34:42,776
has let her down.
782
00:34:42,776 --> 00:34:45,083
Make the deal, Nolan.
783
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:52,220
♪
784
00:34:57,530 --> 00:35:01,273
Laura,
you're gonna plead guilty
785
00:35:01,273 --> 00:35:03,188
to manslaughter
in the first degree.
786
00:35:03,188 --> 00:35:06,104
We will recommend
that you serve ten years.
787
00:35:09,324 --> 00:35:10,630
No.
788
00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:13,328
I know that you've been
through hell and back
789
00:35:13,328 --> 00:35:16,114
with this,
but this is a good deal.
790
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,680
You have my word.
791
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,857
No, I'm not doing it.
792
00:35:20,857 --> 00:35:24,252
I've spent years trying to
reclaim my life and my voice.
793
00:35:24,252 --> 00:35:26,254
That's why I got the gun--
so I could try
794
00:35:26,254 --> 00:35:28,952
to feel like a regular person.
795
00:35:28,952 --> 00:35:31,564
Do you know how long it took me
to build the courage
796
00:35:31,564 --> 00:35:33,522
just to go for a stupid walk
in the park?
797
00:35:33,522 --> 00:35:35,176
I do.
798
00:35:35,176 --> 00:35:37,178
If I plead guilty,
all of that was for nothing.
799
00:35:37,178 --> 00:35:38,875
That's not true.
800
00:35:38,875 --> 00:35:42,314
No, I'm not guilty.
801
00:35:42,314 --> 00:35:44,490
I didn't do anything wrong.
802
00:35:44,490 --> 00:35:49,103
I did what I had to do because
he was going to hurt me.
803
00:35:49,103 --> 00:35:50,278
He was.
804
00:35:50,278 --> 00:35:51,888
And if the police
had done their job
805
00:35:51,888 --> 00:35:54,761
at any stop along the way,
if the system had believed me
806
00:35:54,761 --> 00:35:56,850
when I was raped
or when I was being stalked,
807
00:35:56,850 --> 00:35:58,460
we wouldn't be here right now.
808
00:35:58,460 --> 00:36:01,507
And if you would have called
me when he was stalking you,
809
00:36:01,507 --> 00:36:03,335
I could have done something
to help you.
810
00:36:03,335 --> 00:36:07,687
Laura,
if we finish out the trial,
811
00:36:07,687 --> 00:36:10,864
the jury is
going to convict you.
812
00:36:10,864 --> 00:36:13,432
And not because they don't
have sympathy for you
813
00:36:13,432 --> 00:36:15,695
or they don't believe
you were scared
814
00:36:15,695 --> 00:36:18,350
but because they know
that what you did
815
00:36:18,350 --> 00:36:22,180
in the eyes of the law
is murder.
816
00:36:25,705 --> 00:36:27,010
He's right.
817
00:36:27,010 --> 00:36:28,577
Laura, take the deal.
818
00:36:33,278 --> 00:36:36,498
- Well, we tried our best.
- I talked to her.
819
00:36:36,498 --> 00:36:40,633
She said that she'll take
Man Two and do five years.
820
00:36:40,633 --> 00:36:43,549
That's a non-starter.
Hell, Man One was a gift.
821
00:36:43,549 --> 00:36:45,681
A gift?
822
00:36:45,681 --> 00:36:50,164
Do you have any concept of what
that woman has been through?
823
00:36:50,164 --> 00:36:51,992
Any concept at all?
824
00:36:51,992 --> 00:36:53,733
Okay,
I have tremendous empathy
825
00:36:53,733 --> 00:36:55,125
for what she has endured,
826
00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:57,998
but the fact remains
she killed a man--
827
00:36:57,998 --> 00:36:59,695
an innocent man.
828
00:36:59,695 --> 00:37:03,438
And like it or not,
he's the victim.
829
00:37:03,438 --> 00:37:06,136
He is the one we need
to be worried about.
830
00:37:11,577 --> 00:37:16,973
We failed Laura Kingsbury,
all of us.
831
00:37:16,973 --> 00:37:22,849
We have constructed a world
in which too many women--
832
00:37:22,849 --> 00:37:25,286
our mothers, our wives,
our daughters--
833
00:37:25,286 --> 00:37:27,375
spend their days
looking over their shoulder
834
00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:29,203
wondering who's
coming for them next.
835
00:37:29,203 --> 00:37:32,424
And we have to do better.
836
00:37:32,424 --> 00:37:35,905
The issue today is
whether Tyler Miller
837
00:37:35,905 --> 00:37:38,430
deserved to die for our sins.
838
00:37:38,430 --> 00:37:42,521
The answer, of course, is no.
839
00:37:42,521 --> 00:37:44,827
The defendant wants
you to believe
840
00:37:44,827 --> 00:37:47,090
she acted in self-defense.
841
00:37:47,090 --> 00:37:50,746
For you to agree with her,
you must find that a person
842
00:37:50,746 --> 00:37:54,272
in her shoes who fired
that shot acted in a manner
843
00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:57,318
that was
objectively reasonable.
844
00:37:57,318 --> 00:38:01,888
We've proved to you
that was not the case.
845
00:38:01,888 --> 00:38:04,804
Mr. Miller had never hurt her
or even threatened her.
846
00:38:04,804 --> 00:38:07,894
He was not armed or advancing
towards Ms. Kingsbury.
847
00:38:07,894 --> 00:38:11,332
She was 20 feet away
from him when she fired.
848
00:38:11,332 --> 00:38:13,856
She had every opportunity
to retreat
849
00:38:13,856 --> 00:38:16,946
without choosing violence,
850
00:38:16,946 --> 00:38:20,385
as the law required.
851
00:38:20,385 --> 00:38:23,518
When the police first found
Mr. Miller's notebook
852
00:38:23,518 --> 00:38:26,608
in his office, they figured
it was work product
853
00:38:26,608 --> 00:38:29,872
relating to ELI,
Mr. Miller's company.
854
00:38:29,872 --> 00:38:31,874
It wasn't.
855
00:38:31,874 --> 00:38:33,963
It was a list--
856
00:38:33,963 --> 00:38:36,618
a long one--of all the things
857
00:38:36,618 --> 00:38:42,189
Mr. Miller loved
about the defendant.
858
00:38:43,277 --> 00:38:44,626
"The way you stand
on your tiptoes
859
00:38:44,626 --> 00:38:46,454
when you're waiting in line."
860
00:38:46,454 --> 00:38:49,196
So this is a photo taken
by Tyler Miller
861
00:38:49,196 --> 00:38:52,068
of the defendant
doing exactly that--
862
00:38:52,068 --> 00:38:54,027
standing on her tiptoes,
waiting in line.
863
00:38:54,027 --> 00:38:57,857
They were on a date
waiting for a movie to start.
864
00:38:59,511 --> 00:39:01,643
"The way you twirl your hair
865
00:39:01,643 --> 00:39:04,167
when you're figuring out
what to order"--
866
00:39:04,167 --> 00:39:06,518
also taken by Mr. Miller.
867
00:39:06,518 --> 00:39:11,392
Tyler Miller was guilty
868
00:39:11,392 --> 00:39:14,743
of failing to read
certain social cues--
869
00:39:14,743 --> 00:39:19,226
or--or maybe of being
a hopeless romantic.
870
00:39:19,226 --> 00:39:24,362
Laura Kingsbury
is guilty of murder.
871
00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:27,321
[tense music]
872
00:39:27,321 --> 00:39:34,459
♪
873
00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:49,212
Has the jury
reached a verdict?
874
00:39:49,212 --> 00:39:51,432
We have, Your Honor.
875
00:39:51,432 --> 00:39:53,521
In the charge of murder
in the second degree,
876
00:39:53,521 --> 00:39:57,786
we find the defendant,
Laura Kingsbury, guilty.
877
00:39:59,919 --> 00:40:01,877
Members of the jury,
thank you for your service.
878
00:40:01,877 --> 00:40:03,662
[gavel bangs]
879
00:40:03,662 --> 00:40:05,098
No.
880
00:40:05,098 --> 00:40:12,279
♪
881
00:40:26,598 --> 00:40:30,123
Congratulations
on your guilty verdict.
882
00:40:30,123 --> 00:40:32,430
You got what you wanted,
I suppose?
883
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:37,913
We're having a press
conference tomorrow, 11:00 a.m.
884
00:40:37,913 --> 00:40:40,046
Baxter is going to announce
that we are no longer
885
00:40:40,046 --> 00:40:42,483
going to use evidence procured
through the local database
886
00:40:42,483 --> 00:40:46,400
to solve unrelated crimes.
887
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,923
[sighs]
888
00:40:47,923 --> 00:40:52,537
I know this doesn't affect
the outcome of Laura's case.
889
00:40:52,537 --> 00:40:56,541
But we'd like you to be there
at the press conference.
890
00:40:56,541 --> 00:40:59,500
[gentle music]
891
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:01,459
♪
892
00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:04,287
Yeah.
893
00:41:04,287 --> 00:41:07,377
I'll be there.
894
00:41:07,377 --> 00:41:14,472
♪
895
00:41:49,419 --> 00:41:51,509
[wolf howls]